TIM KNEELAND

Published on March 22, 1999.

Wilderness survival expert and instructor Tim Kneeland was at the forefront of the bicycle tour movement in the 1980s, leading rides for charity. As president of Seattle-based Tim Kneeland & Associates, he now guides people on tours ranging from three days to several weeks. Leading the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 1, 2000, Mr. Kneeland and partner Karen-Ann Sutter plus 250 riders, staff and volunteers will embark on Odyssey 2000, a yearlong, 22,000-mile bicycle trek around the world, visiting 48 countries.

Age: 54.

Title: President, Tim Kneeland & Associates.

Goal: To help orchestrate life-changing experiences for the millennium, bringing people along with us on a virtual experience even if they can't actually join us, through our Web site (www.odyssey2000.com).

Belief: Everyone should shake up his or her life every five years. Even getting fired or downsized can be a positive thing if you use it as a catalyst for change. Survival today is about getting outside of your psychological comfort zone.

Prediction: People want more out of life than money. More people will challenge themselves with physical feats in the next century as health and fitness become